Napoleon credited a timely charge by the cuirassiers for his victory ... who were the best and largest force of armored cavalry in Europe until that time, were cut by a third in 1802.

18,000 cavalry, one historic charge, and a battle that changed Europe forever! The Winged Hussars led the largest cavalry charge in history—and turned the tide against the Ottomans! The Insane ...

To fully understand the uniqueness of the lance one needs a bit of context. One of the reasons that European armies were turning to firearms and away from cavalry charges was the appearance of pikemen ...

And the ill-fated cavalry charge appeals to our appetite for "glorious failure". It was also an event that caught a world about to change - showing that chivalric cavalry charges and officers in ...

and once more plunge Europe into war. (See also: How the Battle of Waterloo changed the world.) This 1874 oil painting by Félix Philippoteaux shows one of the last French cavalry charges against ...